Bernarr Macfadden

Bernarr Macfadden (b. August 16, 1868 in Mill Spring, Missouri, US, d. October 12, 1955) was an influential exponent of Physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories. He founded Physical Culture magazine in 1899, and later parlayed it into a publishing empire, including True Story, True Romances, the once-familiar movie magazine Photoplay, and a trashy tabloid newspaper, The New York Evening Graphic. He was a celebrity who was an acquaintance of Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Will Rogers, and Rudolph Valentino. At the peak of his career he owned several hotels and a major building in New York. He made an unsuccessful attempt to found a religion, "cosmotarianism," based on physical culture.

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August 16 - 1868 - Mill Spring, Missouri - US - October 12 - 1955 - Physical culture - Bodybuilding - Shirley Temple - Clark Gable - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Will Rogers - Rudolph Valentino

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He claimed that his regimen would enable him to reach the age of 150.

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